Western cyclone., 1887-11-04

The intense feelings of the thousands
who had assembled 10 witness the csre-
mony were divided between q disposition
to hail the splendid triumph OF the scuIp-
tor and eager curiosity to examine its
merits in detail There could be only one
opinion: that the counterfeit presentment
was indeed Abraham Lincoln. Tbs ideal.
ism OF the artists scheme had been per
fect!y embodied. Dignifed, as becomes
the head OF. great nation; majestic, as
becomes the emancipatOr of 4,000,000 hu-
man beings; tender, as WAS the heat OF
the geHtlest OF men; sad. as he must have
been throughout the whole of his Official
life; tall and 1.-THE, but ut ither II VASCULAR
nor sinewy, he stands forever, his rugged,
dee ply scanned countenaucs STOPPING, as
It were, little over the people, as his
mind must have stopped upon them all
North and South, with pity. attention, and
compassion, to the close OF his conscious
mesa
The sculptor's study of his subject has
been minute and scrupulous. The truth
fulness of the whole was instantaneousiy
realized. Then scrutiny passed to the
details There is the old-fashioned care
lsssly rolled collar falling in reversed FUR
row over the thick silk ctavst. There is
the old-fashioned shirt rt-fsont, with the two
vide plsits on either side of the middle
one with its honest buttons and button
holes exactly in the middle. There Is the
medium low vrinkled vest, none too well
fitted. and the long round old style black
corded watchguard passing about the
neck and carrying the watch 10 the left
pocket of the vest There Is the old frock
coat its slightly shirred sleeve tops, its
loose, bagging sleeves, its buttons none
too tight in their places, its collar show
ing the passing from the old high roll.
like that on Byron and O. Conneu, TO the
narrow fashionable fatness of the present
day. There are the loose trousers IL 1T
ting at the ankles, and the Western square
toed boots The bronze ch.ir of state re-
lieves the figure and appropriately sym
bolizes the exalted functions of the Office
il suggests
The Grafton of Linco,n's Old friend.
Leonard Svett, was worthy OF the tne me
and the occasion He told of the obscure
birth. the early toll, the dresry youth and
the bssvny early manhood Of Abraham
Lincoln; and this portion OF the address
i its most charming feature There we're
touches OF perfect art upon the descrip-
tion Of their riding the circuit together
when they swan swollen bridgelsss rivers,
slept in beds that we're not long enough.
ate the rudest food, and were II constant
contact with discom fort; and thr ough il
all no word OF com plant had ever passed
the lips Of the rails splitter and satboat-
man become lawyer and legisIator. he
told Of his poverty and freedom from
vain desire; of his studiousness and learn
ing, the man Who had been in school only
ak weeks in all his life; OF his profound
convictions, of his clear reasoning. of bis
invineible moral courage that made him
say what be believed without personal IN
tsrest in its consequsnees-
The sculptor sat OF the dAis unrseoZ-
nized. his wife and child st his side.
There vas perhaps Iitae thoughs OF him
In the minds OF most OF those WHO chsersd
ths great work which has absorbed hIs
sI1stsncs for three yearA